CLARKSDALE: Virtual AND a few in-person shows this week!

Welcome to another SOUNDS AROUND TOWN — mostly VIRTUAL and some “LIVE, IN-PERSON*” shows! Clarksdale, Mississippi, is famous for 7 nights of live blues music every week (plus a dozen annual festivals). During health crisis, musicians have moved to worldwide web. Watch the virtual LIVE STREAM concerts below, and donate online to support the music. All Clarksdale times are CDT.

GO HERE for links to all of the shows below: www.LiveFromClarksdale.org

Wednesday, 6/3 – 8pm – Lucious Spiller at home. 

​Thursday, 6/4

– 7pm – LaLa Craig from LaLa Land.
–  8pm – Ground Zero Blues Club Quarantine Series watch party w/James “Super Chikan” Johnson.
Friday, 6/5 – 6pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Preston Rumbaugh.
Saturday, 6/6 – PUBLIC RE-OPENING* of Hopson Commissary w/Blue Mother Tupelo 5-6pm & David Dunavent 8-10pm.
Sunday, 6/7
– 1pm – Mississippi Marshall’s Social Distancing Tour (every Sunday).
– 2pm – Gary Vincent’s Clarksdale Stuck at the House Party.

Monday, 6/8
– 6pm
– Johnny Riley at Bluesberry Cafe, 6pm.
– 6pm – Seth Stroud at Hopson Commissary (PUBLIC SHOW*; not live-streamed).

Tuesday, 6/9 – 7pm – PUBLIC RE-OPENING* of Hambone w/blues by Stan Street & Mississippi Marshall.
*Limited seating; sanitized spaces, social distancing, etc.; full venue requirements at www.sos.ms.gov (search for Exec Order 1492); check with venues for more info.
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NEXT WEEK, PLAN TO ATTEND opening of new Bad Apple Blues Club (former Club 2000 location on Issaquena) Friday and Saturday w/Sean “Bad” Apple, badapplebluesclub.com.
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UPDATED CLARKSDALE BUSINESS HOURS:
CAT HEAD DELTA BLUES & FOLK ART: 
Shop STORE Mon-Sat, 11am-3pm. Shop WEB STORE  24/7 at www.cathead.biz.

FREE AUDIO WALKING TOUR (smartphone app):
Download the FREE app. Info: visitclarksdale.com/tours.

VIRTUAL TOUR BY DELTA BLUES MUSEUM:
Free Muddy Waters virtual tour at https://www.deltabluesmuseum.org/virtual-tour.aspx.
WATCH “VIRTUAL JUKE JOINT FEST CELEBRATION”: 
WATCH “JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL REVISITED”:
View Ted Reed Productions’ doc at https://youtu.be/HiPsS5spBMc.
PLAN NOW: 4/17, 2021 – Juke Joint Festival, jukejointfestival.com.
CAT HEAD MUSIC CALENDAR at www.cathead.biz.

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